The Rise of Rodriguez

September 5, 2008 at 12:00am

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In the late ‘60s and ‘70s, a Detroit-based, Mexican-American songwriter known as Rodriguez released a handful of psychedelic soul albums that mostly flopped in the U.S. But the gritty urban stories on "Cold Fact" found an audience in Australia and apartheid-era South Africa. As the legend of the album grew, so did the mystery surrounding its creator. We find out what ever happened to Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, when he joins us to talk about his soul relic, "Cold Fact."

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